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Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte
Observer cartoon caption
contest, an opportunity to test
your wit and win a prize. Each
Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist
Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that
needs a caption and
invite readers to write one. To learn
more about our contest and see
our caption writing guidelines,
please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number.
Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it
to You Write the
Caption, Editorial Department, The
Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308,
Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

"Trick or treat, feel the heat.
The web site traffic's in retreat.
Now you should be aware
of the failure called Obamacare."

-- Brandon Swann, Nottingham, Md.

Thanks for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"I'm just hot air from Congress."

"I'm what's left of the Tea Party."

"I'm your economic policy."

"I was on hold with the insurance exchange for a re-e-e-e-aly long time."

"I died wating to register on the health care site."

"I tried to sign up for Obamacare, but I got a rock."

"The downside of transparency is that people can see through you."

"The unions sent me."

"I'm a non-essential worker."

"Are you still giving out hope?"

"Candy may be the only thing you pass in the next three years."

"I'M scary??"

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of
your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link
below. Please join us again Monday, Oct. 28, for a new cartoon caption
challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte
Observer cartoon caption
contest, an opportunity to test
your wit and win a prize. Each
Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist
Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that
needs a caption and
invite readers to write one. To learn
more about our contest and see
our caption writing guidelines,
please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Oct. 23.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number.
Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it
to You Write the
Caption, Editorial Department, The
Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308,
Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Thanks for all your entries. Here's a selection of just a few of the other better lines we received:

"Talk about a slump!"

"You can't lay a glove on me!"

"Watch me put a little spin on your hardball."

"But I'VE got the ball!"

"Your league is tarnished by performance-enhanced duds."

"I'm a pro at serving faults!"

"How about putting down that bat and actually serving as a Congressman?"

"It's a Love-Hate relationship."

"You can't get rid of your ERA."

"I always serve for love!"

"You obviously are not the Boys of Summers."

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of
your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link
below. Please join us again Monday, Oct. 21, for a new cartoon caption
challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte
Observer cartoon caption
contest, an opportunity to test
your wit and win a prize. Each
Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist
Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that
needs a caption and
invite readers to write one. To learn
more about our contest and see
our caption writing guidelines,
please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Oct. 16.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number.
Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it
to You Write the
Caption, Editorial Department, The
Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308,
Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte
Observer cartoon caption
contest, an opportunity to test
your wit and win a prize. Each
Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist
Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that
needs a caption and
invite readers to write one. To learn
more about our contest and see
our caption writing guidelines,
please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Enter as many times as you wish. To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com)

Please include your MAILING ADDRESS and daytime phone number.
Entries without a mailing address can not be considered as finalists.

To mail your caption to the Observer, address it
to You Write the
Caption, Editorial Department, The
Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308,
Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

"Why not granola? 'Cause I deal with enough nuts and flakes after breakfast!"

-- Rob Huffman, Fredricksburg, Va.

"Nothing in here but N's and O's!"

-- Charles Randall, Cherryville

"Using a teleprompter is much easier!"

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"Now Vladimir is eating my breakfast!"

-- T.D. Carroll, York

"Nothing left but the I, O and U!"

-- Brian Carreira, Pineville

"All right, Congress, it's crunch time!"

-- Mic Elvenstar, Charlotte

"They furloughed the White House chef?"

-- From many readers

Thanks for all your great captions. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"I spell 'disaster'!"

"But Cruz promised me green eggs and ham!"

"It spells doom!"

"The flakes are in my cabinet!"

"Michelle, what happened to my Lucky Charms?"

"I'm grrrrrreat!"

"I could use some Cheerios right now."

"Obamacare needs 'OKs'!"

"Great! My own NSA decoder ring!"

"This isn't the breakfast of champions!"

"I will not have my cereal with banana Republicans!"

"N-O-D-E-A-L."

"Boehner still didn't bring anything to the table."

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of
your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link
below. Please join us again Monday, Oct. 7, for a new cartoon caption
challenge. -- Kevin Siers